Billy Kristol is pissed and his op-ed scheduled for June 18th for the Weekly Standard is already posted on Scooter's legal defense trust website at:
http://www.scooterlibby.com/...
Here is the part that really got my attention:
Not to pardon would be a foolish and unjust choice for the president to make. But more important, not to pardon--or, at the very least, not to commute the sentence by eliminating the jail sentence--would be a dishonorable choice. For one could only interpret such a choice as driven by vanity and fastidiousness--the president's desire to separate himself from someone who has gotten into trouble, a desire not to tarnish his own legacy by pardoning the top staffer of his unpopular vice president. One might add that Libby's "crime" came about as he tried to defend the Bush administration from the charge that it knowingly--that the president knowingly--lied us into a difficult and unpopular war.
I guess there is no hope of a pardon.
With Immigration bill back on the table we can only hope that Bushs' 'legacy' will never receive a pardon even in the future!
Hopefully, Libby will realize what snakes his buddies really are and will spill some beans on his way to jail.